Urban and Regional Planning Project (M.PL.)--Queen's University, 2016.
Includes case studies of Westbank First Nation, Muskeg Lake Cree Nation, and Long Plain First Nation.
"This report presents key findings from a four-month study exploring the gap between on reserve and off nation Indigenous housing through the lens of two core funding streams, Section 95 (serving First Nations on reserves) and the Urban Native Housing Program (serving urban Indigenous populations)."
Historical data based on 1981 Census. Analysis of key demographic, social and economic indicators and comparison between on- and off-reserve populations.
File contains a presentation by Charlie Thompson, President of hte Port Alberni Friendship Centre. Thompson tells the history of his people, the problems caused by colonialism and the government's approach, his personal experience with residential schools, some issues of self-governance, and the story of his particular Friendship Centre. Following the presentation is a discussion between Thompson and Commissioners Erasmus and Robinson on the challenges facing urban Aboriginals.